国际英语新闻：Obama says terror threat for U.S. not go away soon

NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday at West Point Academy in New York State that terror threat for America will "not go away soon" while speaking of the botched car bombing attempt at New York Times Square.

Obama made the remarks while delivering the commencement address to West Point cadets.

The president said that the United States faces "a tough fight in Afghanistan" and that the threat from al-Qaida "will not go away soon."

He told graduating cadets that "there will be difficult days ahead" in Afghanistan."

"But we will adapt, we will persist, and I have no doubt that together with our Afghan and international partners, we will succeed in Afghanistan," the commander in chief said.